Wilderness

Funeral
Mountains (near Death Valley National Park)

Congress designated
69 BLM Wilderness Areas when it passed the California Desert Protection
Act of 1994. Fourteen of those are partly or completely within the area
managed by BLM's Barstow Field Office. Wilderness within the area totals
nearly 563,000 acres. Five other areas covered by the Barstow Field Office
are still being considered for wilderness designation; they total more
than 270,000 acres.

Water
is extremely limited and critical for wildlife survival; bring your
own. Some lands are subject to private property rights, cattle grazing,
or valid mining activity. Traditionally, dry washes have been more
than adequate travel networks. As a result, we expect that few constructed
trails will be needed in the near future.